Mount Fordell

Mount Fordell

Mount Fordell (80°19′S 82°9′W / 80.317°S 82.15°W / -80.317; -82.15) is a mountain, 1,670 m, marking the south end of the Marble Hills in the Heritage Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant William D. Fordell, U.S. Navy, co-pilot of LC-47 aircraft, who perished in a plane crash on the Ross Ice Shelf, February 2, 1966.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Mount Fordell" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).